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Columns but by numbers . We can only , therefore , be content to sip at the well into which we may not plunge , and to call upon those who thirst after philosophical investigation ' to do likewise . Tasso ' s Jerusalem Delivered . The Godfrey of Bid-Joipne ; or , Jerusalem Delivered , of Torquato Tasso . Translated by Edward Fairfax . ' Edited by the Rev . Robert Aris Willmott , Incumbent of Bearwood . ( George Rdutledge and Co . )^—This is a third edition , in elegant form and at an exceedingly low price—when . we . consider the taste , and scholarship of the editor , than whom no fitter could have been chosen , and the bulk of the volume—of the best translation of the Jerusaleinrne Ljberata . The editor , who has collated the first and second editions , published in the early part of the seventeenth century , has
reverently preserved the text of Fairfax in almost perfect integrity , illustrating some obscurities , and modifying only a few of the more prominent archaisms with the -wise observation that " mere . rust never enriches the medaL" Messrs . Routledge have used sound discernment in reintroducing £ o the reading , million , for whom there is , of a truth , not even a moderate supply of new readable poetry , a work which Campbell did not hesitate to term " one of the glories of the Elizabethan reign , " and which , as Mr . Willmott truly says , ' moves forward with the dignity , the splendour , and the changefuluess of a pageant . " The translator , Edward Fairfax , was a grand-uncle ( though by some supposed illegitimately ) of the great Sir Thomas . A brother poet , Collins , says of the great poet and his interpreter ^ - . " Hbvy have I sat when piped the pensive wind ,
To hear his harp by British Fairfax strung , . Prevailing . poet ,,, whose undoubting mind , Believed the magic wonders which he sung , " An interesting biographical criticism upon this Edward Fairfax has been prefixed to this edition by Mr . Willmott . He has , however , thrown little light upon the uncertainty which , surrounds the birth of the . scholar . It is , perhaps , very immaterial to all but lovers of gene--alogy whether Edward Fairfax was or was not a legitimate son of Sir Thomas Fairfax of i ) e , nton ; but we apprehend that the family sanction to Sir Bernard Burke ' s enrolment of his name in their published pedigree may be held to show that the Fairfaxes , themselves have such proof of his legitimacy that they can accept , without hesitation , fresh honour for a name already glorious enough . .
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BOOKS RECEIVED THIS WEEK . Studies of Christianity . A series of Original Papers by James Martineau . Post 8 vo . Longman and Go . Dives arid Lazarus ; or , the : Adventures of an Obscure Medical Man in-a Low Neighbourhood . i 2 mo . Judd —and Glass . ¦ .. ¦' . A Life of Linncws . By Miss Brjghtwell . Post 8 vo . Van Voorst . Weeds and Wild Flowers : their Uses , Legends , and Literature . By L . Wilkinson . Van Voorst .
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THEATRES AND PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS . English Opera , Drury Iuhe Theatre . —On Monday night the Pyne-Harrison English Opera Company reproduced Mr . BahVs JRose of Castille , an opera which last year at the Lyceum Theatre took nothing from the talented composer ' s well-established renown . The libretto has also taken so sound a position as a favourite with the public that our readers will hardly require at our hands the meagre analysis of the plot to w hick alone we could give space . { Such , however , as have taken , any interest in the " native talent" problem- —we mean the question
,. .. whether an ,. qpe . j $ J > y , a natiye ^ cpniposer , perfprmed . Toy native artists ; could find favour or hold its ground ¦ with the- upper classes—will rejoice with us to learn that the success which attends Mv . Harrison ' s present enterprise is more than proportionate to that he gathered on the smaller stage of the Lyceum . AH thosej again , who have lamented oven the desecration , as they are wont to call it , of the patent theatre during the dull season , by the admission of horseriders and mountebanks , will be glad , if they cannot recal the majestic tread of the Kemble-Siddom cothurnus , at least to welcome the delicious warblinga of the Caatilian Rose that might have cured Diogenes himself of cynicism . A crowded house , including , of course , a number of distinguished amateurs and
th eir former parts as the malcontent Infanta and his adherents . The part of Elvira , written with the professed object of exhibiting the wonderfully fluid quality of Miss Pyhe ' s voice , fails , while perfectly accomplishing that end , to leave on the ear those lasting impressions it has been taught to expect at Mr . Balfe ' s hands . So much has been written on former occasions about this gifted artist ' s manifold excellences that we will not fatigue the reader by reenumerating her triumphs ill vocalisation and declamation , contenting ourselves with a passing notice of the scherzo at the end of the first scene ,. "Oh , were , I Queen of Spain , " the " Convent Cell , " ballad , the very spirited finale to the second act , and the
air , " Oh , joyous , happy day /! " accompanied by the delicious clarionet of Lazarus , in the third ; Mr . Harrison ' s most marked successes are the " Simple Muleteer , " with whiperack obligato in Act I ., and the clever refrain of the uneven duet with Elvira in the same . We were much pleased with Mn Glover in the second verse of " Though fortune darkly , " and the " Hark ! Hark ! " in the last act , where he exhited a voice of timbre and an artistic delivery ; This gentleman , with Messrs . St . Albyn and Honey , re n der essential service by their excellent management of numerous concerted morceaux—the ensemble at the close of the second act finale especially . Mr . Honey ' s , comicality as the Don Florio is of the greatest value ,
without considering his good bass voice , in lightening the whole opera .. His introduction of the peculiarities at Slender and Osric was intensely relished by the audience , and , at times , we must plead our impression , that he pushed his humour a little too far .- As Donna Carmen , Miss Susan Pyne was much admired for her song , " Though love ' s the greatest plague ;" and without her finished performance in the duos arid finales , the composer , would have been indeed at a loss . , We have little more than space to add a few words in unqualified praise of the cbrouses , in which Mr . Balfe has generally displayed his wonted fire . The " Alia Marcia" in Act III . Scene 2 , is , perhaps , the best specimen , and , like all in the opera , was well
sung by a strong selection from the Royal Italian Opera . The magnificent band of fifty first-class musicians , the flower of the same , establishment , comprising Messrs ; Dando , Hill , Case , Collins , the two Prattens , Xiazarus , and Barrett , under the masterly direction of Mr . Alfred Mellon , left so little to be desired , that we haye good authority for saying that even the composer himself was delighted . The ballet divertisement , riot long enough to be fatiguing ' which followed the opera , was well danced , well " got up , and successful ; and we learn that the attendance of the public during the week has fully proved to the talented impresario that the applause lavished upon his efforts on the first night of his season was truly genuine .
Lyceum . —We are happy that the . inexorable demand for the charming Mrs . Charles Young at Sadler-s-W ellaJCheatre . has . caused a vacancy at the Lyceum for our no less charming old favourite , Mrs . Alfred Mellon , who was very warmly welcomed , on Saturday evening last , as Miss Vavasour , in the lessee ' s comedy of Extremes , which has been wisely , pruned of its former luxuriance . The farce of Too much for Good-nature , which was produced on the same occasion , though sadly spun out , was so rich in the genuine farce element , so riotous and . mirth-provoking , as to take a satisfactory position at once among dramatic successes . It illustrates the troubles of a thoroughly good-natured man , Mr . Adolphus fled his
( Mr > Emery ) , who is so completely Rarer by young spouse that he has no force left to make head against the intrusion of a host of characters , who insist on making use of his apartments during the temporary absence of his yrife for their own private purposes . Under pressure lie sanctions a mesmeric sdance , under the direction of Mr . Spalding ( Garden ) , and an assignation between Miss J ones ( Miss Thompson ) , and JaQkrJenkins ( James Rogers ) . While these are going brii round him , his wife ' s "' aunt is also in ambu » cade watching his own demeanour in the interest of the family . When the jealous Jajfier has wrought himself and the persecuted Adolphus . into a state of phrenzy , the whole of the concealed characters are brought forward , and Mrs . Adolphus herself , in peppery mood , returns from her promenade . be in erfect
The scene is , as may imagined , a p uproar . Every party , to use a legal phrase , files a bill against everybody else , and makes everybody party to the suit . The pit vise with delight at the imminent prospect of a fray ; but oil is thrown upon the waters by Miss Precise , the aunt aforesaid , and the curtain comes down & la mode . ^ BXgggiTy' W HLfca : ^ M 7 ri ! h ^ p ^ aft 6 r ^ T ) Y 0 l 0 Trged absence from the bower of rest ho has created for the tragic muse where pageant and pantomime alone were wont to sway , opened his sixteenth winter season on Saturday last as Othello to the Tago of Mr . Henry Maraton , and the Dtadvmona of Mrs . Charles Ypung . It were almost superfluous to criticise a reading of the play which the two first * named artists , both gentlemen of education , refinement , and long practice , have settled and Adopted . Of Mrs .
" ^* Tf ? elI ^ isnws 7 ^ Reex ^ Tho lesfiee ' on'Una" flrflt appearance on Monday . The oast he presented differs from that of last year in one particular only , we mean the substitution of the conscientious and accomplished vocalist * Mr . Bartlemnn , in the unosten-, tiatiouei . part of Pablo , The part of Elvira ( the Rose of 1 C _ aetille and Queen of Leon ) was , as before , taken § y Miss Louisa Pyne ; the Donna Carmen was Mies uaan Pyne ; the Muleteer'King , W . Harrison ; and Xtt Glover ,, A , St . Albyn , and G . Honey sustained
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Young , a younger acquaintance , we may say that she brought to the part of the " most unhappy lady , " all the tenderness and pathos it demands . The subordinate parts were well filled , and the ensemble was as excellent as was assured by the name of the director , Mr . Phelps , who , as well as the leading members of his company , was very warmly received on the occasion ... On Thursday , Colman ' s comedy , The Jealous Wife ; vra& produced at this theatre in the most perfect manner , with Phelps as Mr Oakley , H . Marston as Major Oakley , Mrs . C . Young as Mrs . Oakley , Ray as Jtussett , and Mr . Charles Young , a new acquisition from the Strand Theatre , as Sir Harry Beagle . Olympic Theatre . —^ Messrs . Robson and Emden announce their opening for the winter season this evening with A Doubtful Victory , Hiish Money , arid Ticklish Times . The City of London Theatre has been redecorated arid , indeed , partially rebuilt , in accordance with the prevailing competition among lessees , which acts favourably for the public , by stimulating the former to afford cleanliness , air , and ease of ingress and egress . Strand Theatre . —A new farce , being by some said to be an importation from America , deserves , perhaps on that account rnore than from its merit , a word or two en passant . Nothing to Nurse depicts the embarrassment of Maximum Muddle , a hyper-fast young man , whose last resource for the propitiation of his rich Uncle Brads is the extemporisation of a wife and baby . He succeeds in borrowing the first , and very nearly the second . The proper father , however , of his intended infant accomplice , entertaining valid and
forcible objections to such " maintenance , " Maximum is obliged to get the best substitute he can at the pinch . The great point of the piece is the discovery by all concerned that this sub-deputy baby is a black one . It would be wrong to say that the Nothing to Nurse was not amusing . The deaoument was comical , although the first twenty minutes were just as dreary . Mr . W . H . Swanborough , who is a rapidly improving actor , did his best , and that well , as did Mrs . Selby as Mrs . Foxingen . There was a degree of breadth , it occurred to us , about sorne of , the more prominent jokes , that called for attention on the part of a management obviously intent upon collecting , and quite powerful enough to amuse and interest , audiences of taste and refinement . We do not anticipate anything like a run for Nothing to Nurse , in its present form at all events .
Alhambra Palace , Leicester-square . - * - ; . We have been painfully pleased at witnessing the last " great attraction , " at this very pretty circus , which consists in the wonderful tight-wire performance of a Madame Delavanti . A cord termed " The Atlantic Cable" being drawn from side tb side of the theatre , at a dizzy height , the unfortunate performer plays such fantastic pranks upon it as entitle her justly , to the encomiums passed upon her in the affiches , but also , we must add , to the commiseration of persons of feeling . We must confess it , we never saw an exhibition of this character , whether in a lust-garten or in a theatre , without a , mental inquiry whether the Great Britons who delight in it can throw stones at the gladiatorial show of the ancient circus , or the Corrida de Toros of modern Spain . Surely an Irish echo would answer , '> ' Niver apebble . " . _
_ Mr , Charles Mathews . —The Canadian press informs us that this gentleman and his bride were performing in the School for Scandal , and other stock comedies , at the City Hall , Kingston . It has been discovered by some of our transatlantic covJWres that the lady is possessed of a high order of dramatic talent . As Mr . Mathews , according to rumour , contemplates an immediate return to this country , we can at present only say , Nous vorrom . Mr , J . Townsend , M . P . for Greenwich , has
descended from the arena where he was an unquestionable misfit , to that of the Rochester . Theatre , in winch , we understand , his tastes , some talent , juiu long practice as an amateur , warrant him In honing for bettor luck * The honourable member ' s Hrst public undertaking in the dramatic line was the part of lticltard the Third . He received the welcome " < j was Buro of , as a man in trouble , from a crowded house , and exercised a most commendable discretion in not addressing his vociferous admirers .
Egyptian Hall , —The Howard Pauls' 1 ' - wonic—This entertainment is winning , as it ougnt , considering the exertions and joint-stock talent 01 the pair , an amount of public notice and luvour which , no doubt , will repay them for the ha / . uru 01 nrlrolT'Bpeculntionr ^ JPhe-piecesHin ^ ieir- « -li 8 t-4 yi » uyi » from various points of view not needful to P " ' . ' ; larise , are attractive , are , " Under the Hat , \ \) 00 ~ dah ! " " The Modern ladles' Man , " " The Bpwld Bovrj jerBoy , " « Hurrah for the Hlelands ! " "Why did ntf Sarah sell me ? " and " The Unprotected Fomulo . Wo do not admire , for other and again unepconc " reasons , " Bright Chanticleer , " " Willie Spoonlolgn , " La Marseillaise , " " The good old JDays . " I ™ rcB 1 ( of the bill is somewhat uncharacteristic .
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9 > 74 i THE IiEAIXEIt . [ Ho . 443 , September 18 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 974, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2260/page/22/
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